Just a thought, but might VMware consider another tier for Upgrades?
Over the years our company has upgraded and purchased new Workstation licenses many many times.
In the corporate world where you have turnover, sometimes things fall through the cracks. For instance
we have some legacy licenses for version 5 and some for version 12 that for one reason or another fell by
the wayside and are no longer actively used. They do however, still show in VMware's license manager.
Now I know VMware probably doesn't want a bunch of cruft in their system, nor do we as a company particularly
want to look at it when managing licenses. What I would like to see is the ability to upgrade those older licenses.
Here is my thinking how this would work. For recent upgrades you have the $99 tier and full purchase is $199. Why
not afford a level you might call 'legacy' upgrade. I am thinking $149.99. Not as good if you keep up with versions, but
also not as draconian as 'buy a new license'. It might encourage some to clean house on their licenses. If that's not something
VMware would consider, then how about and option to delete old licenses?